English to English
verb
- substitute a person or thing for (another that is broken or inefficient or lost or no longer working or yielding what is expected)
He replaced the old razor blade.
We need to replace the secretary that left a month ago.
The insurance will replace the lost income.
This antique vase can never be replaced.
source: WordNet 3.0
- take the place or move into the position of
Smith replaced Miller as CEO after Miller left.
The computer has supplanted the slide rule.
Mary replaced Susan as the team's captain and the highest-ranked player in the school.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put something back where it belongs
Replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it.
Please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put in the place of another; switch seemingly equivalent items
The con artist replaced the original with a fake Rembrandt.
Substitute regular milk with fat-free milk.
Synonyms can be interchanged without a changing the context's meaning.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To place again; to restore to a former place, position, condition, or the like.
source: Webster 1913
English to Tagalog
verb
- [riplés] Palitan; panumbalikin; iulî
source: Diccionario Ingles-Español-Tagalog
